Andrew Zygarewicz
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- By: Ben Horowitz
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Ben Horowitz offers essential advice on building and running a startup - practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog. While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz’s personal and often humbling experiences.
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For large company managers, not startups
- By Thomas on 03-18-14
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- By: Ben Horowitz
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
Damm Goooood
Reviewed: 12-06-19
I have read a few dozen business management books. I would compare those books to security guard training vs this book is a bit more like a Navy Seal tactics guide for survival. A very different look at management when things get hard for sure. Ben had to jump and reassemble the airplane before hitting the ground a few times in his experiences.
the section on intimidation is interesting.
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Bluefishing
- The Art of Making Things Happen
- By: Steve D. Sims
- Narrated by: Steve Sims
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The man who created Bluefish, the internationally famous company that makes once-in-a-lifetime events happen for the rich and famous, reveals to the rest of us his trade secrets for making things happen. Steve Sims' day job is to make the impossible possible. With his help and expertise, his clients' fantasies and wildest dreams come true. Getting married by the Pope in the Vatican, being serenaded by Elton John, and connecting with powerful business moguls like Elon Musk are just a few of the many projects he has worked on.
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Hella good
- By Amazon Customer on 03-18-18
- Bluefishing
- The Art of Making Things Happen
- By: Steve D. Sims
- Narrated by: Steve Sims
Using a different bait
Reviewed: 08-02-19
One of the most down to earth books of the last 5 years for me and I read around 30 books a year. This book reminded me of when i read Tony Robins. But this is coming from a brick layer wearing jeans and a black shirt. Steve also narrates the book which makes it extra special. Steve gives you the passwords to get to the next level at the end of each chapter, Steve calls this blue fishing. Each chapter gives you a contrarian view that you can apply towards your mission. Steves unique approach makes this book stand out. 5 of 5 stars. Enjoy
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Measure What Matters
- How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
- By: John Doerr, Larry Page - foreword
- Narrated by: John Doerr, full cast, Julia Collins, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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In Measure What Matters, Doerr shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to demonstrate the focus, agility, and explosive growth that the Objectives and Key Results system has spurred at so many great organizations. This book will help a new generation of leaders capture the same magic.
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Last chapter covers what matters most
- By Dan Richards on 06-08-18
- Measure What Matters
- How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
- By: John Doerr, Larry Page - foreword
- Narrated by: John Doerr, full cast, Julia Collins, Jini Kim, Mike Lee, Atticus Tysen, Patti Stonesifer, Susan Wojcicki, Cristos Goodrow, Alex Garden, Joseph Suzuki, Various
Grow Your Teams Capacity To Drive Through the Fog.
Reviewed: 02-17-19
I started out with the Audible version then moved onto the Kindle version. I will be giving the physical book to my team leads so that we can track our progress together in a consistent way. This is one of the best business books of all time. Right up there with Toyota management principles. This book moved me as it takes a deeper dive into the earlier days of Google and Intel with Andy Grove. A great read.
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
- A Novel
- By: Mohsin Hamid
- Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy's quest for wealth and love. His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world's pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation - and exceeds it.
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The title is misleading, I loved this quick read.
- By Brad Mills on 04-28-17
- How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
- A Novel
- By: Mohsin Hamid
- Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
Amazing details of an entrepreneurs strugle
Reviewed: 12-21-17
I have never listened to a book that has placed me in every scene that describes every detail to make me feel like I am in the story. By the end of the story I felt like I was as close to the characters as my family members. loved the story.
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies - neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist.
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Riveting!
- By Tad Davis on 01-11-10
- The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
Amazing way of thinking about a list
Reviewed: 03-17-17
the author pools together various stories from architecture engineering to medicine to flight and shares how a list can be used across Industries to make things better and safer and wiser. I am a very proud owner of a physical book and the audio copy enjoy.
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Born for This
- How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do
- By: Chris Guillebeau
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Chris Guillebeau, the best-selling author of The $100 Start Up, has created a practical, actionable guide that can help you turn your passion into paychecks - whether within a traditional company or business, or by striking out on your own.
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Nice Concepts That Might Be Difficult To Do
- By Gillian on 02-06-17
- Born for This
- How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do
- By: Chris Guillebeau
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
The most actionable book in the last couple of yea
Reviewed: 10-06-16
Born for this was totally amazing in as you peel an onion, the author kind of does the same thing to you where you can analyze your self from a totally different perspective. the author does a great job by going deep into your values and what you exist for and how you show up every day. I have not done a review for audible in a while but this book made me stop on my mountain bike and dictate the awesomeness of this book so that others could share the joy.
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Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- By: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrated by: Blake Masters
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.
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Seems Insightful Until You Think A Little Deeper
- By Mark Brandon on 10-31-14
- Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- By: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrated by: Blake Masters
Make a difference
Reviewed: 09-24-14
What did you love best about Zero to One?
The book goes fairly deep into some key points to consider when bringing a start up team together. A good way to avoid conflict is to assign a single task to every team member.You have to stop hoping success will fall in your lap like a winning lottery ticket. You must choose your future and become the driver not the passenger while on this world.
What did you like best about this story?
HP stopped innovating and eventually was purchased, you notice similar patterns with other companies that Peter mentions in the book. To compete in today's market place you have to stay on your toes and innovate or pull over into the slow lane.
Have you listened to any of Blake Masters’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
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What insight do you think you’ll apply from Zero to One?
Go big or go home is the general consensus. You have to put work into starting something, so aim big, like 10 times bigger.
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